Ornamentation of a braided rug



June 27, 1950 TE 2,512,959

ORNAMENTATION 0F BRAIDED RUGS Filed April 28, 1949 INVENTOR.

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Patented June 27, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to a braided rug.

Braided rugs are usually formed from a strand of braid which is coiled about itself with the coils sewed to each other by a known form of stitch which zig zags back and forth between the contacting portions. The strand is usually circular in cross section leaving generally V-shaped recesses between the strands with the sides of the v arcuate and concaved on the outer side.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide an ornamentation for a rug of the above character which ornamentation will be located in the recesses between the contacting braided strands which are sewed together.

Another object of this invention is to provide a strip of highly colored material which may be located in the recesses formed in the rug and held therein by the stitching which is usually used to hold the contacting braided portions together.

Another object of this invention is to insert a strip of chenille in the recess provided between the contacting strand portions at the time the rug is sewed together and hold the chenille in position by the stitchings which are used for holding the braided portions.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a braided rug showing my invention as applied thereto and indicating the remainder of the same;

Figure 2 is a fragmental view illustrating the securing of the ornamental strip in position as the braided portions are sewed together;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but on a larger scale and showing somewhat diagrammatically the manner of securing the ornamental strip in position;

Figure 4 is a sectional view through four strands showing the ornamental strip and the stitching relation thereof;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the braided strand; and v Figure 6 is a perspective view of the ornamental strip of chenille.

In proceeding with this invention, at the time of sewing together the braided strand portions, which contact each other, I run in a strip of chenille to fill the V-shaped groove between the strands which is thus held in by the stitching which is usually used to hold the rug together. The chenille is formed of various different colors and provides a highly ornamental color contrast and a more finished and attractive rug than with the braid alone.

With reference to the drawings, Ill designates 5 Claims. (Cl. 2-278) a strand of braided material which I have illustrated in Figure 1 as being spirally coiled to form a rug. The contacting portions of the strand are sewed together by zigzag stitching II shown more fully in Figure 3 which extends downwardly through one strand l 0 as at l2 in Figure 4, thence across between this strand l0 and the next strand Hi as at l3 in a diagonal relation, then upwardly as at I4 and then back across as at 15 in a diagonal relation and so onin a zig zag relationship along the contacting strand portions. This form of stitching is a known relationship provided by a machine operation.

At the time that I stitch the strand portions H], l0 together, I will lay in a strip of chenille It, the same being guided in place as at I! beneath the foot 18 of the sewing machine so that as the needle l9 operates, the thread portion l5 will extend over the chenille and lock it in place in the recess 20 provided between the strand portions 10 and In such as shown at 2| in Figure 2. It thus becomes unnecessary to perform any additional sewing or add any material for holding the chenille in place, it being held in place by the usual stitching which is provided between the braided strands of the rug.

I claim:

1. In a braided rug, side-by-side strand portions, an ornamental strip located between said strand portions and extending generally in the same direction to the lengthwise extent of the strands and stitching extending through adjacent strand portions and over said strip to bind the strand portions together and the strip in position between them.

2. In a braided rug as in claim 1 wherein the ornamental strip is chenille.

3. In a braided rug as in claim 1 wherein said strand portions are generally circular in cross section and contacting and the strip lies between the halves on a surface of said circular portions.

4. In a braided rug as in claim 1 wherein the ornamental strip is of a color to contrast with said strand portions.

5. In a braided rug as in claim 1 wherein there is a single course of stitching holding the isizlrand portions together with the strip between HERBERT C. lVHNTEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 336,515 Frelloehr Feb. 16, 1886 1,493,351 Le Fort May 6, 1924 1,678,292 Howe July 7, 1928 

